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Ellie Deere
Education
King’s College London
First Class Honors - MSc. Clinical Neuropsychiatry
London, UK
2018 - 2019
Project: What are the barriers to people with dissociative seizures accessing treatment? A literature review and service evaluation
Cardiff University
First Class Honors - BSc. Psychology
Cardiff, UK
2014 - 2018
Project: Looking for trouble? An investigation into attentional biases of angry and fear faces in psychopathy and aggression
Research Experience
Assistant Clinical Psychologist
Caswell Clinic
Bridgend, UK
2016 - 2017
- Carried out risk assessments of new admissions using the HCR-20V3
- Contributed to research on methods of psychotherapy
- Made clinical judgements regarding the care and treatment of patients
SPRINt Research Assistant
School of Psychology, Cardiff
Cardiff, UK
June 2017 - August 2017
- Investigated recognition memory deficits in mouse models of Down’s syndrome
- Immunohistochemistry testing on brain slices of mouse modles of Alzheimer’s disease
BSc Research Project
School of Psychology, Cardiff
Cardiff, UK
2018
- Studied attentional biases of angry and fearful faces in psychopathy and aggression, utilising a dot-probe paradigm
- Awarded a First Class mark
MSc Research Project
King’s College London
London, UK
2019
- Carried out a literature review analysing key barriers to accessing treatment for individuals with dissociative seizures
- Carried out a further service evaluation of King’s College Hospital, looking at the care pathway for patients with dissociative seizures
Professional Experience
Neurological Support Worker
N/A
London, UK
2018 - 2019
- Worked in the community with people who have a brain injury of neurological disorder
- worked primarily with an individual with cerebral palsy with limited mobility